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inculcation|ɪnkʌlˈkeɪʃən|
[ad. late L. inculcātiōn-em, n. of action f. inculcāre to inculcate. Cf. F. inculcation (16th c.).]
The action of impressing on the mind by forcible admonition or frequent repetition; the emphatic or persistent teaching of something.
1553T. Wilson Rhet. 94, I wil not trouble the reader with double inculcation, and twyse tellyng of one tale. 1601R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. (1603) 254 He evermore laboreth with often inculcations, to infixe this most firmely in his mind. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 151 ⁋8 The days that are to follow must pass in the inculcation of precepts already collected, and assertion of tenets already received. 1805Foster Ess. i. ii. 17 The constant inculcation of truth. 1844Stanley Arnold I. iv. 186 His works were not merely the inculcations of particular truths, but the expression of his whole mind. 1866G. Macdonald Ann. Q. Neighb. xxxiii. (1878) 588 Action is more powerful than speech in the inculcation of religion. |